dox
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.55 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Documents, especially information sought by hackers about an individual (address, credit card numbers, etc.).
Slang
verb
Alternative spelling of doxx (“publish the personal information of (an individual) without their consent”).
name
A surname
Example Sentences
- "Why is it that, even after DECADES of carping from Jerry Pournelle, software companies STILL don't hire competent professionals to write their dox?"
- "its ok, someone emailed me his address, phone #, ss#, the works. seems theres^([sic]) someone out there that dislikes him more than i do. i cant wait to hear how many people have his dox now. this should be really interesting..."
- "judging by the lack of the 6 it would appear we have our spammer here, LETS^([sic]) PULL HIS DOX!"
- "“Nick Fuentes has been fully doxed and it’s being shared to millions of women across every social media platform,” an account associated with the hacker collective Anonymous posted over the weekend."
- "According to reports, a doxing site has been launched with names and addresses of Tesla owners."
- "But acting director of ICE, Todd Lyons, has said it's a necessary response to what he describes as efforts to dox and threaten these agents and their families. ICE has said there has been a dramatic increase in the doxing of agents but has not said how many cases there have been or provided any details. The agency has not provided any information to support their assertion of an increase in agent doxxing."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *doḱ-éye-ti Proto-Italic *dokejō Proto-Italic *dokeō Ancient Greek διδάσκω (didáskō)sl. Latin doceō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin documentumlbor. Middle French documentbor. English document English docs English dox Phonetic respelling of docs, which is a short form of documents.